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The Modernization Of The Long Island Rail Road, Derek Stadler
The Modernization Of The Long Island Rail Road, Derek Stadler
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The history of Long Island embodies what public funding contributes to transportation infrastructure. The article contextualizes the Long Island Rail Road in American railroad history both as a private company and public service. Using the Port Jefferson branch as an example, it argues that state proprietorship was essential for modernization and that recent improvements proved to be a poor investment.
"They Shall Not Pass:" Opposition To Public Leisure And State Park Planning In Connecticut And On Long Island, Kara M. Schlichting
"They Shall Not Pass:" Opposition To Public Leisure And State Park Planning In Connecticut And On Long Island, Kara M. Schlichting
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Estate owners in Greens Farms in Westport, Connecticut, and on the North Shore of Long Island doggedly fought inclusive, state-sponsored public recreation in the 1910s and 1920s. Private land-use goals shaped localism and, in turn, exploited home rule governance to control public land use. This study of local politics in the New York metropolis contributes to the ongoing regionalization of urban history. These home rule fights against state parks reveal the extent to which elite local interests systematically exploited ineffective county government to block Progressive-era regionalism. For all the interest shared by urban historians on the topic of real estate, …
Richard Mills Of Stratford, Connecticut; Or Is It New Haven, Long Island Or Westchester?, John A. Drobnicki
Richard Mills Of Stratford, Connecticut; Or Is It New Haven, Long Island Or Westchester?, John A. Drobnicki
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The following paper is Intended to clarify information about Richard Mills, whom several standard genealogical reference works offer conflicting information about. The author believes that they were in fact three different men: Richard Miles, Richard Mills, and Richard Mills.